Timber-raft



(No Model.) v R. E. TERRY,

I TIMBER RAFT. No. 255,048. Patented Mar..14,1882.

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ROBERT E. TERRY, OF BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA.

TIMBER-RAFT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,C 48,' dated March 14, 1882.

' Application filed July- 28, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT E. TERRY, of Bay Minctte, in the county of Baldwin and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Method of and Apparatus for Log- Goupling for Timber-Rafts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of means whereby a gang of logs may be easily and effectively bound together into a raft for running down rapid streams and rivers.

In the accom panyingdrawings, Figure 1 illustrates my method of tying logs into rafts. Fig. 2 is an end view of the raft, and Fig. 3 is a section on 0c of Fig. 1.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

The center logs, A A, and the outside logs, B B, are each to be bored through near one end for the passage of the iron rod 0, which may be of any desired length, and which may be provided at the ends with nuts or similar means for holding the side logs uponthe rod. The forward ends of the outside logs, B B, are then bored, as shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings, for the passage of the rod D, which may also have nuts or similar means for bind ing the logs. This rod D, when in place, passes over the rear ends of the logs A A, as shown in Fig. l, and when this rod is thus placed in the outside logs, B B, and over the center logs, A A, I next proceed to bind the logsA A to it, preferably bymeans of the wire or small metal rod to, one end of which I first secure to the" rod D and then wrap the wire or rod around 1 and 3, and finally secure the otherend to the rod D, as shown in these figures.

A raft-of logs formed in this manner binds all of the logs firmly together, obviating all danger of the loss of any of the logs, and the method is easily carried out, and is not expensive, as the rods and wire are not subject to wear, and may be used a very long time.

.I am aware that bed-slats have been connected by rods passing through them all; also that the logs of a raft have had bolts passed through each end of all, and been connected by metallic strips or bars secured tothe top and bottom of each end; also that staples have been driven into the logs and a connecting-bar passed through them; but none have ever, to my knowledge, passed a. rod through the two outside logs and connected the intermediate logs with the rod by wire loops.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- A raft of logs bound together by the rodsO and D and the tie-rods or wire a, thevrod C passing through all of the logs of the raft near the ends of the logs, the rod D passing through the outside logs and over the center logs, the center logs being tied to the rod D bythe rod or wire a, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

ROBERT EMETI TERRY.

Witnesses:

O. I]. HALL, R. P. GAIN. 

